Sun

Quick Facts

• It is 1989000000000000000000000000000000kg
• 92,960,000 miles away from the earth
• Equatorial regions rotate in about 25.6 days
• Regions at 60 degrees latitude rotate in about 30.9 days
• Polar regions rotate in about 36 days

More Facts

• The sun doesn't have any moons.
• The plants that revolve around the sun have moons that revolve around them.
• Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen make up 1.5% and the other 0.5% is made up of other elements.
• Such as neon, iron, silicon, magnesium and sulfur.
• The Sun shines because it is burning hydrogen into helium in its extremely hot core.

WHO DISCOVERED THE SUN?

• The sun is one of the reasons there is living organisms.
• The sun has probably been there forever.

HOW DID IT GET ITS NAME?

• Centuries ago they called the sun, sol; sol is latin for sun.
• It also was called sunna.

How long would it take to get to the sun?

• The speed of light would take 8.3 minutes.
• Voyager 1: 38,000 mph would reach the sun in 101 days.
• An average car @70 mph would get you there in 152 days.
• With a car you would need: 2.5 million gallons of gas.

Discoveries

• Surprisingly the sun is farther away then you think.
• Sun doesn't have any moons.
• The only moons the sun has is the moons that revolve around the planets.

The sun

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• Sun rise is the beginning of the day.
• The sun doesn't rotate. The earth rotates around the sun.
• Venus is the only planet that the sun rises in the west.
• Sun set is the end of the day.
• Sometimes the sun looks pinkish, orange, or even purple.

Weather Report

• Daily Temperature: 9,940 Degrees F.
• There will be a sunspot today.
• The magic flow within a sunspot causes disruptions to the transfer of energy.
• The disruptions to the transfer of energy, is to the sun's surface from the
• interior.

Entertainment

• You can stop by Sunspot Park tonight for special sunspots.
• Sit down by the Oxygen Wave pool, and gaze at the bright red fireballs.
• Make sure you wake up early to see the sun burning hydrogen into helium
• in its core. Be careful of the following: death.

Travel Essentials

• Sun screen
• Sun glasses
• Bathing Suit
• Water, lots of lots of lots of water!
• Oxygen and Food

Earth vs. Sun

• The sun does not support life, but it gives light that we need to live on earth.
• The sun is made of Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
• The sun is so big that about 1,300,000 planet Earths can fit inside of it.
• Earth is about the size of an average sunspot.
• The atmosphere is made of Hydrogen and some Helium.

Sources

• wiki.answers.com
• google.com
• en.wikipedia.org
• suntrek.org
• coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu